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The Seven against Thebes were seven champions in Greek mythology who made war on Thebes. [2] They were chosen by Adrastus , the king of Argos , to be the captains of an Argive army whose purpose was to restore Oedipus ' son Polynices to the Theban throne.
- Aeschylus, Anthony Hecht, Helen H. Bacon
- 1908
Seven Against Thebes, in Greek mythology, the seven champions who were killed fighting against Thebes after the fall of Oedipus, the king of that city. The twins Eteocles and Polyneices, who had been cursed by their father, Oedipus, failed to agree on which of them was to succeed to the Theban.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Seven Against Thebes Among the legendary tales of Greece, none of which are strictly, though several are perhaps partly, historical, none--after that of Troy--was more popular with the ancients than the story of the two sieges of Thebes.
The Seven Against Thebes was the famous war between the Argive army led by seven champions and the city of Thebes. The war was set after the reign of Oedipus in Thebes, and a generation before the Trojan War. The tales were popular in the time of classical Greeks period.
The story of Seven Against Thebes is one of the plays that were written by the great tragedian Aeschylus. It is the story of the war the broke out after Oedipus was exiled from the city of Thebes, and his sons Eteocles and Polynices ascended to the throne.
Aug 8, 1999 · The article explores the tale of the Seven Argive champions led by Adrastus in the battle against Thebes, detailing each hero's fate and the Theban defenders they faced. While Capaneus fell to Zeus's thunderbolt, Amphiarüs met his end as the earth swallowed him upon divine intervention.
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3 days ago · Aeschylus' Seven against Thebes was the last play of his Theban trilogy (467 bc), following Laius and Oedipus. It focuses on Eteocles' acceptance of the task of fighting his own brother and the impact of their deaths on the family—a catastrophic end to the House of Laius.
